Introduction
The Love Language video presents a male and female communicating with each other. The female initially seems very uninterested, but the male is persistent and is very interested in getting to know the female in the video. There’s constant use of nonverbal cues being sent that can easily be misinterpreted. The video depicts several communications concepts including stereotyping, barriers, non-verbal communications, mutual attraction, and self-disclosure. The Love Language video ultimately reveals the reason the female initially seem uninterested and why she was giving the male in the video a hard time; the female is deaf.
Social Learning Theory
The social learning theory argues that children abandon behaviors when they are punished and repeat behaviors that are rewarded. This process of reinforcement continues throughout life, where men are continually encouraged to engage in masculine behavior and women are encouraged to behave in a feminine manner (Wood, 2007). As children become adults, they transfer these beliefs onto future generations (Basu, 2004). According to this theory, girls and boys assume a passive role rather than an active role in the learning process.
We see the social learning theory displayed as the male in the video initiates the interaction between himself and the female sitting next to him. He first tries to initiate a conversation by saying “nice day today, huh”, but he gets no response. He then asks to borrow her pen and then the female lets him borrow her pen. After the initial interaction the male continues to try to initiate a conversation through writing messages on post-it notes, which is reciprocated by the female. This can be seen as a masculine act as described in the social learning theory.
Gender Identity Developmental Theory
Gilligan’s Gender Identity developmental theory attempts to analyze the way that men